Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:55:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:55:01 -0500 Received: from web20206.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.226.61]:61294 "HELO web20206.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:55:01 -0500 Message-ID: <20030221180508.18214.qmail@web20206.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:05:08 -0800 (PST) From: nataraja kumar Subject: A question on kernel stack To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 559 Lines: 17 hi, my apologies if i am wrong. please let me know why does kernel use kernel stack when process jumps from user mode to kernel mode. why can't user stack be used ? nattu. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/